November 2019 Living Buddhism

Hunter FergusonNEW YORK Living Buddhism: Thank you, Hunter, for sharing your experience with us. What were your early years like? Hunter Ferguson: I was born in Harlem and spent my early childhood in a neighborhood overrun by drugs, violence and gangs. I grew to be shy and scared, thinking people were out to hurt or

This monthly encouragement by SGI President Daisaku Ikeda was originally published in the October 2019 issue of the Daibyakurenge, the Soka Gakkai’s monthly study journal. On October 2, 1960, I was en route to Hawaii for my first overseas trip. Placing my hand on the breast pocket of my jacket, in which I had tucked

Installment 6

The Mentor-Disciple Relationship and the Journey of Kosen-rufu

The Ikeda Wisdom Academy is an SGI-USA youth division movement to engage youth leaders in advanced study. This month, academy members will study chapter 5 of The Heritage of the Ultimate Law of Life: SGI President Ikeda’s Lecture Series. While the Ikeda Wisdom Academy is a youth leaders study program, all SGI-USA members are invited

This special installment contains key encouragement from volumes 1–10 regarding commonly held questions and concerns. The original content was published in the August 14 and 28, 2019, issues of the Seikyo Shimbun, the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper. Prayer Based On a Vow for Kosen-rufu Is the Source of Victory In October 1960, Shin’ichi Yamamoto attended

This supplementary material highlights SGI President Ikeda’s activities and significant events in the Soka Gakkai’s history from 1960 through 1966 that are covered in volumes 1 through 10 of The New Human Revolution. This material appeared in the August 7 and 21, 2019, issues of the Seikyo Shimbun, the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper. 1960: The

A: “What is the social raison d’être of religion apart from working for the happiness of humanity and making the world a better place?” “I want to banish the word misery from the face of the Earth.” These were the impassioned declarations of first and second Soka Gakkai presidents Tsunesaburo Makiguchi and Josei Toda, and

“The sweat of your efforts for kosen-rufu will become precious gems of good fortune, brilliantly dignifying your life forever. Please become the happiest person in Brazil!” —SGI President Ikeda Brazil, rich in culture and natural beauty, is South America’s largest country. It is also home to the Iguazu Falls, one of the largest waterfall systems

Part 3: Kosen-rufu and World Peace—The Future Division: The Key to the Ongoing Development of Kosen-rufu

And now I wonder what karma from past existences has caused Nichiren and his associates to become the proponents of the daimoku of the Lotus Sutra? . . . The neighing of the white horses is the sound of our voices chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo. When Brahma, Shakra, the gods of the sun and moon, the four

To My Friends of Each Division Engaged in Our Shared Struggle [47]